Lee Child making an excellent point that people will pay £5 for two coffees but yet often baulk at how ‘expensive’ books are, a book that could change your life, that may have taken an author years to write. (I couldn’t agree more with this.)

on our walk today. i tried to say hello to a person passing by. but they backed away. and continued on. without so much as a smile. the human later explained. that not everyone is going to like me. and i need to be okay with that. but here’s the thing.. i’m not okay with that

Things the UK is hotter than today:1. Spain2. Lava3. Tabasco4. The sun5. A sauna6. A sauna on the sun7. The Earth's core8. The inside of a tent any time after 7am9. A shower when somebody nearby runs a tap10. A laptop after 20 minutes of use11. Mordor#HeatwaveUK

Things the UK is hotter than, part 2:12. Texas13. A bonfire14. A jacket potato15. A vindaloo16. The inside of a toasted Pop Tart17. The inside of a toasted pitta bread18. The inside of pretty much anything that's been in a toaster19. The inside of a toaster#HeatwaveUK

The big difference between the heatwaves of 1976 and 2018.June 1976: the UK was one of the warmest places relative to normal across the globe, with most areas cooler than average.June 2018: the UK was just another warm blob in a mostly warmer than normal world.#GlobalHeatwave. pic.twitter.com/eIsj7glEiE

Everyone complaining about the sun: I promise you, really soon the weather will revert to the 47-weeks-a-year miserable damp-cold horseshit that makes you want to blow your brains out. So just let us have this, please?

If you’re comparing calls for a #PeoplesVote to wanting to re-run a football match then fine, as long as it’s a match where one team played with 13 players, promised everyone in the crowd £350m a week, and the result left people without food and medicine at the end.

Old lady next to me on train: “I couldn't sit in my reserved seat because someone was in it and they refused to move.”She then adds: “I can't remember the last time I managed to sit in my reserved seat.”